Adobe Systems Inc. and Macromedia, Inc. today announced that they have reached a settlement agreement on all litigation between the two parties.

Terms of the settlement were confidential. Customers with products from either Adobe or Macromedia will not be affected, the companies said in a terse statement.

In August 2000, Adobe filed a patent infringement suit against Macromedia in Delaware. Macromedia fired back in September of that year with its own claims.Later, in October 2001, Macromedia brought another patent infringement suit against Adobe, this time in California.

At issue were several features, including a so-called "reconfigurable tabbed palette patent" and a "blending feature" patent.

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